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Famous William Hazlitt Quotes
“As we are poetical in our natures, so we delight in fable.”
“Man is a poetical animal, and delights in fiction.”
“Genius only leaves behind it the monuments of its strength.”
“The look of a gentleman is little else than the reflection of the looks of the world.”
“Men of gravity are intellectual stammerers, whose thoughts move slowly.”
“The truth is, we pamper little griefs into great ones, and bear great ones as well as we can.”
“Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.”
“Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect.”
“Principle is a passion for truth.”
“To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.”
“I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well.”
“The youth is better than the old age of friendship.”
“Habit is necessary to give power.”
“The chain of habit coils itself around the heart like a serpent, to gnaw and stifle it.”
“The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.”